Assessing Student Talk with Digital RecordersMartin Smith from Edison Public Schools joined us to help us learn how to use digital audio recording devices in the WL classroom for activities such asdigitizing speaking/orals (including the AP) using MP3 recorders. What a fantastic presentation! Martin shared a wealth of information with us, as well as an excellent PowerPoint presentation entitled "Assessing Student Talk":
Martin also share some websites and other resources such as:
  • FLENJ (Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey)
  • ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
  • Software and hardware
    • Audacity - free audio editor and recorder
    • To order digital voice recorders, try CD-W
  • Assessments (Note: You can also do a search for WL assessments in FLAD - the Foreign Language Assessment Directory created by CAL, the Center for Applied Linguistics)
    • OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview), MOPI (Modified Oral Proficiency Interview), SOPI (Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview), OPIc (Oral Proficiency Interview on Computer)
    • SOPA (Student Oral Proficiency Assessment) and ELLOPA (Early Language Listening and Oral Proficiency Assessment)
    • STAMP (Standards-Based Measurement of Proficiency)
    • NOELLA (National Online Early Language Learning Assessment)
    • AAPPL (ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages)

--> THANK YOU to Martin for taking his time to come and speak with us.
--> And an additional THANKS to Bill Anderson, Carmen Campos, and Lillian Carey for the delicious snacks!

Collegial Circle members - as well as guest teachers - in attendance included:
Collegial Circle member
District
Teacher name
Teacher email
Lori Langer de Ramirez
Herricks UFSD
Michel Pasquier
mpasquier@herricks.org
Bill Anderson
Massapequa Schools
Lisa Silveri
lsilveri@msd.k12.ny.us
Carmen Campos
Cold Spring Harbor
Susanleigh Perissi
sperissi@csh.k12.ny.us
Renee Fallon
Bellmore-Merrick
John Reilly
J3reilly@bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us
Josephine Tardio
Sewanhaka UFSD
Eva Morales
emorales@sewanhaka.k12.ny.us
Joan Anderson
East Williston UFSD
Susan Vasselman
svasselman@ewsdonline.org
Rosa Manzo
Bellmore-Merrick
Dona Morales
dmorales@bmchsd.k12.ny.us
Carmen Kasper
Huntington UFSD
Ingrid Moreira
IMoreira@huntingtonufsd.edu
Jeannette Keicher
Eastport South Manor
Shelita Watkis
Watkiss@esmonline.org
LauraAnne Weisss
Commack Schools
Grace Silva
gsilva@commack.k12.ny.us
Steve Sonkin
Lindenhurst Schools
Michelle Kohler
mkohler@lindenhurstschools.org
Lillian Carey
Hauppauge Public Schools
Frank Schnur
schnurf@hauppauge.k12.ny.us
Pat Colosso
Wantagh Schools
Kim Vargas-Curatola
vargas-curatolak@wantaghschools.org
Lara Gonzalez
West Hempstead
Natasha Mejia-Krauz
nmejia@whufsd.com
Gala Handler
South Huntington
Laura Medina
lmedina@shufsd.org
Diane D'Angelo
East Islip Schools
n/a
n/a
Jackie Ammirato
Longwood HS
Mariana Gil
mgil@longwoodcsd.com
Jennifer Nesfield
Northport-East Northport
n/a
n/a
David Balsamo
Syosset CSD
Soledad Landon
slandon@syosset.k12.ny.us
Rita Padden
Farmingdale
Nino Rodriguez
srodriguez@fpsmail.k12.ny.us
Pat Lennon
Sewanhaka CSD
Luz DelRosario
ldelrosario@sewanhaka.k12.ny.us
Liliana Policano
Oyster Bay-East Norwich
Holly Taplin
htaplin@obenschools.org
Brian O'Sullivan
Plainview-Old Bethpage
n/a
n/a
Denise Hannaoui
Lawrence
Anastasia Tzortzatos
atzortzatos@lawrence.k12.ny.us